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“Action is required from you” – UN climate talks enter last stretch

Summary COP26 conference due to end on Friday Nations at odds over how to keep 1.5C goal alive Poor countries seek funds to tackle climate change GLASGOW, Nov 12 – A new draft agreement drawn up for the last scheduled day of the U.N. climate conference in Glasgow on Friday presses countries […]

Lack of a serious approach to climate finance will jeopardize the enhanced mitigation and adaptation ambition as well as Net Zero pledges of parties: BASIC countries at COP26

DELHI, NOVEMBER 8: Taking the floor on behalf of BASIC (Brazil, South Africa, India and China), India delivered the BASIC group statement at the joint stock take plenary at COP26 underway at Glasgow. Delivering the statement, Ms. Richa Sharma, Lead Negotiator(India) and Additional Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest […]

The Latest: Istanbul climate activists call for more action

The latest on the U.N. climate summit COP26 in Glasgow: ISTANBUL – A small group of climate protesters held a demonstration in Istanbul’s Kadikoy district Saturday, calling for action to save the planet for future generations. Some 80 people gathered outside the Sureyya Opera House on the district’s main shopping […]

Climate march keeps up pressure on leaders at U.N. summit

GLASGOW, Scotland — The public pressure that helped spur more world action on global warming is due to be on full display outside the U.N. climate summit Saturday, when thousands of demonstrators are expected to march through the rainy grey streets of Glasgow to demand leaders move faster […]

Fears for farming and trade stopped India signing COP26 forest, methane pledges

NEW DELHI, Nov 3 – India did not sign the COP26 pledge to stop deforestation and cut methane gas emissions by 2030 because of its concerns over the impact on trade, on the country’s vast farm sector, and the role of livestock in the rural economy, officials said. At the […]

COP26: World will try again to avert climate disaster

Summary World eyes Glasgow for new pledges of climate action UN chief Guterres says ‘serious risk’ of failure Current action not enough to avert future hothouse world GLASGOW, Oct 31 (Reuters) – The United Nations COP26 summit that starts in Glasgow this week has been billed as a […]

Factbox: COP26: What would success look like at the climate summit?

Oct 31 – Making a final assessment of the progress achieved over the two weeks of the COP26 talks in Glasgow will be complex. Unlike past climate summits, the event won’t deliver a new treaty or one big “win”. Rather, it will attempt to produce a myriad of […]

‘Last, best hope:’ Crucial climate summit opens in Glasgow

GLASGOW, Scotland — The U.N. climate summit in Glasgow opened Sunday with appeals for action and prayers, kicking off two weeks of intense diplomatic negotiations by almost 200 countries on how to tackle the common challenge of intensifying global warming. Following the opening gavel Sunday, leaders from around the […]

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